Thursday, June 23, 2016

2016 Putnam Summer Gardening Series to Begin July 7th

The
WVU Extension Service, Putnam County Master Gardeners and Putnam County Parks
and Recreation will host a Putnam Summer Gardening Series beginning July 7th. The
classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 7 PM to 8:30 PM at the Community
Gardens located at the Wave Pool Park (#1 Valley Park Dr., Hurricane). The classes are open to the public and free
of charge. The title of the classes are:

1) Soils and Soil Fertility (7/7),

2)
Growing Culinary and Medicinal Herbs (7/14),

3) Annual and Perennial Flower
Gardens (7/21),

4) Pest and Pest Management: an IPM Primer (7/28), and

5) Preserving/Canning
Your Harvests (8/11).

For more information or questions call Putnam
Co. Parks and Recreation (304)-562-0518 or the WVU Extension Service Office in
Putnam County (304)-586-0217.

Programs and activities offered by the West
Virginia University Extension Service are available to all persons without
regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status,
political beliefs, sexual orientation, national origin, and marital or family
status.